"[E]veryone in the world wants to fly on it because it's the
only operable, private manned spacecraft. However, Paul [Allen]
feels that it needs to be preserved for the Air and Space
Museum.... So, I don't think we're still debating it; it probably
will not be flown again. I think we'll move on and our future space
flying will be done with SpaceShipTwo instead of
SpaceshipOne."
Source: Burt Rutan, in an interview with George
Nemiroff, on what will happen to SpaceShipOne, now that it's won
the X-Prize. Don't worry -- SpaceShipTwo is on the way.
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